View full sizeBeth Nakamura/The Oregonian A pillow rests on a cot inside one of the empty cells at the Oregon State Penitentiary Minimum, which closed last year. Three county district attorneys wrote a guest column in which they claim that only 25 percent of convicted felons serve time in prison.

Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schrunk and two others recently wrote a guest column in which they said just 25 percent of all convicted felons go to prison. (The letter was endorsed by nine other county district attorneys as well.) We offer a little context. Find out why we ruled the way we did. Then return to OregonLive to leave your comments.